 | 1803 - 456 sivua
...mother-dialect only. Hence appear so many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasant and so unsuccessful; first, we do amiss to spend seven...proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost, partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities, partly in a preposterous exaction,... | |
 | 1807 - 542 sivua
...so much •"miserable Latin arid Greek, as might be "Meafned otherwise, easily and delightfully, "'m one year. ' And that which casts our "'proficiency therein so much behind, is 'flour lime lust; partly in too oft idle vacan"-<cics, given both 'to schools and universi"''ties ;... | |
 | 1824 - 604 sivua
...industrious after wisdom ; so that language is but the instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. And though a linguist should pride himself to have...proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost, partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous... | |
 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 sivua
...solid things in them as"well as the words an<j lexicons, lie were were nothing to be so much esteem'da learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently...proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities, partly in a preposterous exaction,... | |
 | Precept - 1825 - 302 sivua
...industrious after wisdom ; so that language is but the instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. And though a linguist should pride himself to have...which casts our proficiency therein so much behind, is but time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities, partly in a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 sivua
...? NOTE N. Referring to page xviii of Analysis. • ' John Milton in his tract on education, says, " That which casts ' our proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in ' too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities : * partly in a preposterous... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 sivua
...industrious after wisdom ; so that language is but the instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. And though a linguist should pride himself to have...proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 sivua
...not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much lo be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman...proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous... | |
 | 1829 - 188 sivua
...eight years merely in scraping together so much " miserable Latin and Greek, as might be learned " easily and delightfully in one year. And that " which casts our proficiency therein so much be" hind is but time lost, partly in too oft idle vacan" cies, given both to schools and universities,... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 sivua
...industrious after wisdom : so that language is but the instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. And though a linguist should pride himself to have...proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous... | |
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And that which casts our proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and... 
